Use this form to apply to the Court for a partition of Māori Land or the combined partition of Māori and General Land to separate out owner’s shares into new land titles.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (789 kb)
Use this form when exchanging some or all of your interests in Māori Land by sale or gift with some or all of the Māori Land interests of a different owner in a different block of Māori Land.
OWNER NAME SEARCH TIPS Step 3 Enter the person’s name into the Owner name box if known.
How-do-I-user-guides/Search-for-an-ownership-v1-7.pdf (1.7 mb)
Use this form when transferring interests in Māori Land by sale or gift between owners in the same block, owners and their children or owners and any other member of the preferred class of alienee.
Use this form to apply to the Court for an order vesting part or all of any Māori Land or General Land owned by Māori in an owner or a person entitled to succeed to an owner for the purpose of a house site or to confirm an existing house site (including a house that has already been built and is located on the land).
https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz https://www.m%C4%81orilandcourt.govt.nz Please select one District Taitokerau Waikato-Maniapoto Waiariki Tairāwhiti Tākitimu Aotea Te Waipounamu NAME OF BLOCK(S): NAME OF TRUST: N e I Te Kooti Whenua Māori o Aotearoa The Māori Land Court of New Zealand Please select the name of the Māori Land Court District in which some or all of the lands of the trust is located Subject of applic...
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-38-Application-to-add-reduce-replace-or-remove-trustees-202104.pdf (225 kb)
(full name), make application to constitute an Ahu Whenua Trust over the Māori land blocks listed above.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (256 kb)
Māori Land Court Standard Ahu Whenua Trust Checklist Those considering a new trust order should go through this checklist to ensure that they have addressed key areas for beneficial owners to decide on.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template-18082025.pdf (444 kb)
We recommend you use “%” (wildcard) when you are searching for the first time for an owner c. Click “Search” d. Click on the “Owner name” (coloured green and underlined) TIP: Make sure you try all the different names an owner might be known by including nicknames, married names, adopted, whāngai, Māori names, and names that may have been spelt incorrectly.
Full names of owner's children: a. b. c. d. e. f.
